In 25 years there may be no Helium
24.08.10 - 15: 07
Scientists warn, global reserves of helium are declining dangerously. At the current rate of consumption they should be exhausted in twenty or thirty years.
Helium, a non-flammable inert gas, is being squandered to inflate the children's balloons and, with no amusement, to give a sharp voice to the person breathing it. But helium is a precious gas used in hospitals to cool scanners or used for example by NASA to clean its rocket or cool telescopes and nuclear reactors .. The largest reserve of helium is in Amarillo Texas . It is a non-renewable and non-recyclable gas. The United States to make the exploitation profitable fixed a very low price of sale.
The nobel Robert Richardson, physics professor at the Cornell University in New York denounced this waste, as at present, if we can replace helium for some uses, it will be impossible to replace in such scanners .
For the professor, it is therefore necessary to drastically reserve the use of helium for noble tasks. So no more using it at children's parties to inflate balloons, or we would have to pay a few hundred dollars to inflate each balloon. The development of this article can be found on the "Mail Online" site
sources:
http://www.rtbf.be/info/societe/environ ... ium-247960
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/ ... years.html
Yes, it's not just oil that will be missing: https://www.econologie.com/forums/ressources ... t6257.html